Kidner Surname

299,919th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,268 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Kidner Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kitenare,' some estate or manor in Somerset that I am unable to identify. The modification of the name into Kidner is a natural one.

William de Kitenare, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Kidner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4951:112,56211,582
United States2811:1,289,88990,528
Australia2161:124,98013,694
Wales1391:22,2632,366
Canada741:497,91342,460
New Zealand251:181,13319,287
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2211:110,29610,827
Wales321:49,0132,509
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States691:727,80746,603

Kidner (10) may also be a first name.

Kidner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kitenare,' some estate or manor in Somerset that I am unable to identify. The modification of the name into Kidner is a natural one.

William de Kitenare, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

William Kytenor, Somerset, ibid.

The surname is well represented in the county in the 19th century. A member of the family seems to have travelled into Yorkshire at an early period:

Adam Kidner, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Kidner or Kytenor (Kytenor is the spelling in an early-14th- cent. Somersetshire record, doubtless representing an Anglo-Saxon * Cyt(t)an-óra = Cyt(t)a’s Bank or Shore [Old English óra] Kidner is very common in Somerset­shire.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Kidder: the man who wove kitts, or rush baskets. A butterkitt was one of those in which butter was carried to market. Our word “junket” comes from the curd being sold wrapped up, as it still is in France, in rushes (jonc). A kidder was also a huckster. Hence the surname Kidd when not a contraction of Christopher.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Kidner Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kidner Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kidner has its highest incidence in England. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kidner.

How Common Is The Last Name Kidner? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 299,919th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,747,276 people. The surname Kidner occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Kidner are found; 51 percent are found in Northern Europe and 51 percent are found in British Isles. Kidner is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name in the world, held by 10 people.

Kidner is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 495 people, or 1 in 112,562. In England it is most frequent in: Gloucestershire, where 10 percent are found, Somerset, where 9 percent are found and Greater London, where 9 percent are found. Barring England this surname exists in 21 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Australia, where 17 percent are found.

Kidner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kidner has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Kidner last name rose 224 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 407 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 434 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kidner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kidner surname are 26.11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.88% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kidner earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.58% more than the national average, earning $45,557 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.22% less than the national average, earning $49,574 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiddner921/
Keidner921/
Kudner8354/
Kedner8329/
Cidner831/
Keijdener80102/
Kednert7711/
Khudner771/
Kednger771/
Keydener71111/
Kednre671/
Cidnir671/

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